Twittering employees are more productive

A whole nine per cent more, claims a new study

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Are you allowed free access to Facebook or Twitter at work? If so, then a new study claims that you are (approximately) nine per cent more productive than those employees at companies who don't allow access.

The new Australian study links free internet access to a notable increase in productivity, proving that banning access to social networks in the workplace is actually counter-productive in the long run.

The study, carried out by a team at the University of Melbourne's department of management and marketing, was headed up by one Brent Coker, who argues that "workplace internet leisure browsing" (WILB, for short!) has a notably positive impact on an employee's productivity.

WILB, if you want to

"People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration," claims Coker on the Uni's site at www.unimelb.edu.au.

"Short and unobtrusive breaks, such as a quick surf of the internet, enables the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total net concentration for a day's work, and as a result, increased productivity."

70 per cent of people who use the internet at work 'WILB' (if you will allow us to invent a new verb).